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Spint, Robert Entering the Service
Robert Spint lost a good friend who had gone in the service, was shipped to the Philippines, and was killed when his...
Achee, Lorraine Entertainment, Education and the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Lorraine Achee's father had died when they were very young. Her mother would mention the pending war news once in a...
Reilly, Joseph Entrance into Service
Joseph Dean Reilly had a deferment [Annotator's Note: postponement of military service] because he was working for a...
Clark, Merrill Entrance into Service
Merrill J. Clark grew up in Chicago, Illinois. His father was employed during the Depression [Annotator's Note: Great...
Asher, Adolph Entrance into Service
Adolph Edward Asher was born March 1916 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. During the...
Boeke, Robert Entrance into Service
Robert Boeke and his classmates talked about the war in social studies class. He sang in the boys' choir. They started...
Hatch, Norman Entrance into Service
Norman Hatch graduated from high school in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1938. The Depression [Annotator's Note: Great...
Dawson, Ruffin Entrance into Service
Ruffin Walker Dawson was born in Saint Francisville, Louisiana in 1924 [Annotator's Note: November 1924]. He grew up on...
Goyette, Donald Entrance Into Service
After his brother was drafted into the infantry, Donald F. Goyette was accompanied by his parents when he went off for...
Weber, Ed Entrance Into the Service and Postwar
Ed Weber went into the service on 5 December 1942 and went to the San Diego Marine Corps base [Annotator's Note: Marine...
Dixon, Leon Entrance to Service
Leon Dixon can only remember that it was 7 December 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...
Paege, Harry Entrance to Service
Harry George Paege, Junior had his 21st birthday in the service. He was a bugler. He got a letter that said his mother...
Carter, Donald Entrance to the Army
In June 1943, Don Carter was drafted with 60 other boys from his town [Annotator's Note: Hornell, New York]. They...
Rooney, Andrew Ernest Hemingway
Andrew A. Rooney [Annotator's Note: correspondent for the Stars and Stripes, American military newspaper] did run...
Rooney, Andrew Ernie Pyle and Press Camps
After Cherbourg [Annotator's Note: Cherbourg, France], Andrew A. Rooney [Annotator's Note: correspondent for the Stars...
Holt, Thomas Escape and Return to US
Thomas Michael Holt was in a prison camp [Annotator's Note: Oflag 64 in Szubin, Poland] that the Germans decided to...
Cohn, Marthe Escape from Occupied France
Marthe Cohn decided she and her family needed to leave Poitiers, France and cross into unoccupied territory after a...
Pickens, Olin Escape from POW Prison
[Annotator’s Note: After being captured in North Africa by Germans and sent to Italy,] Olin Pickens boarded an...
Rothenberg, Judith Escape to Barcelona
Judith Rothenberg [Annotator's Note: a Belgian Jewish child who escaped to the south of France with her parents and...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Escapes and Deaths
Micha Tomkiewicz and his family were living in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland. Because of his father's Polish Army...
Winestone, Ted Escaping and Locating Partisans
Ted Winestone fled into the woods [Annotator's Note: after escaping from the ghetto in Dworzec, Poland, now Dvorets,...
Doundoulakis, Helias Escaping Crete and Joining the OSS
Helias Doundoulakis [Annotator's Note: an American citizen living in Crete, Greece and working for the British Special...
Kelley, Archie Escaping Death
The USS West Virginia (BB-48) was raised from the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Archie Kelley was there during part of that...
Langrehr, Henry Escaping from the Germans
A friend of Henry Langrehr's, Jim McMillen, had been beaten up badly by a German guard with a club. The SS [Annotator's...
Pbert, Herman Escaping the Prison Camp
Herman Pbert's mother helped him, and others escape [Annotator's Note: from a Nazi concentration camp in Italy]. His...
Schaller, Henry Escorted Home by Tuskegee Airmen
A typical day for Henry Schaller would start with a briefing at four o'clock in the morning. If the target was to be...
Deiglmayr, Erna Escorting People Out
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts after a tape break with them discussing what to talk about next.] Erna...
Winnier, Lawrence Ethnic Identity and Issues
The Japanese were treated wrongly and were put into concentration camps [Annotator's Note: forced relocation and...
Meader, Byron Europe Experience
Byron Herbert Meader was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi and assigned to Headquarters, 271st Infantry Regiment [...
Klimas, Irvin Europe to the Pacific at War's End
Irvin C. Klimas and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Thompson (DD-627)] gave support to the landing forces around...
Ericson, John European Vacation in 1939
During the summer of 1939, John Ericson's mother wanted to take them to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. She had come over...
Hanson, Wilfred Evacuated from Peleliu
Hunt [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Captain George P. Hunt] saw Wilfred Hanson's [Annotator's Note: with Company K...
Baum, Irving Evacuating the Camp
Winter started and around October or November [Annotator's Note: October or November 1944] and Irving Baum [Annotator's...
Bussel, Norman Evading a U-boat
Norman Bussel left his final training base and took a train to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. He and the crew were pretty...
Christiansen, Ejnar Evading Enemy Submarines
Ejnar Christiansen's family did not suffer anything due to the war since they lived in a pretty small village in...
Langrehr, Henry Evading Recapture and Back in American Hands
Henry Langrehr had some near misses while evading recapture [Annotator's Note: after escaping from a prisoner of war...

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